Cowher's Carolina Dreaming

First let me comment on the pathetic Pittsburgh Steelers. As an expatriated Pittsburgher, (as most of that city's 70s and 80s born are) I can only rely on sense memory to try and feel what the people are feeling. I can't imagine another city with the same level of rise/fall emotion tied to it. Others may disagree, and probably with good point. And yes, we just won the super bowl last year. And yes, we have five championships. But if you've been to the top it hurts to fall that far.

You don't start a concussed QB against one of the worst teams in the league. Roethlisberger's had two now in the span of six months. And he's 24. Let him sit a few games, Batch is a more than reliable backup, and see if the season can't be salvaged. If it isn't, you haven't taken years off the back end of a promising career. If it is, you cross that quarterback controversy bridge when you come to it.